Dr. Gary Jean-Baptiste, MD

Hit or miss. It’s a training facility so you never know who you will get initially to go over your chart, take vitals, take blood etc. The doctor does handle everything else with respect to diagnosis and reviewing lab work. We have been using this office off an on for a few years but generally just for shots needed for travel and maybe a cold that lingers.

Don’t go!
I visited Dr. Jean-​Baptiste for two reasons, to get a prescription of my medicine needed day-​to-​day and because of a stomach ache I had for about a week.
In order to refill my prescription, the doctor did not do any examination or asked any questions. He took the medicine I am using at the moment and subscribed it again. He did not give back the medicine I gave him, which left me without my daily medication for a couple of days till I got new one. Unfortunately was this subscribed medication not covered by my new health insurance, which is why I had to go back and forth between pharmacy and doctor to get the right medicine.
I would expect a doctor to check if the medication he is giving is covered by the patients health insurance.
In regards of my stomach ache, it was a catastrophe. I saw the doctor once for 2 minutes. In these two minutes he pushed my belly and prescribed to do a Sonogram and a blood test. He did not feel the need to subscribe me any medication. He also did not tell me his diagnoses or anything.
The next day I had to go to his other office location to get the Sonogram made. He did not do the Sonogram himself and if I wouldn’t have ran into the doctor on the hallway, I would not have seen him, even when asking for him. Nobody told me next steps, reason for that procedure or anything. When running into him on the hallway and asking what this all is about, he explained that he is not able to read the sonogram and a radiologist has to do it. I would get the results in 5 days. This is where I lost it, as I was not willing to run around with a stomach ache for another week without any treatment. Also because he planned on doing an MRI in case he would not find what he was speculating to find (that was the first time I found out about his diagnosis).
At this point it looked like somebody is trying to make money. I consulted a family member abroad who is a gastroenterologist. Via email he suggested it is a virus and a medicine to take against it. When I called the doctor to ask for the test results of my blood test, he only mentioned a low Vitamin D level. This is probably the case for everybody in winter and apparently not a parameter to look at when you have stomach problems. The Sonogram was not ready at the time. (On a site note, doctors should do the sonogram themselves to avoid any information get lost. Just looking at pictures doesn’t do the trick).
A day later, I walked by the praxis to pick up the blood-​test results and sonogram results. All I received was a first cut down result from the sonogram on top of the blood test. Now 7 days later I still did not receive the full report. The doctor also never called me again to let me know about his final diagnoses and next steps.
My stomach is getting better by now, due to the medication I took based on the consolidation of my family member.
I will change doctors and do not recommend anybody to visit.

First time visit to this doctor today. So far I’m very happy to know this is my new health center in Brooklyn. Absolutely delightful staff. Friendly, warm, and open. It was a great first impression but I’m confident I’ll be writing more positive reviews in the future.

DO NOT go to him. I was desperate to get my throat checked out. He took one look glance at my throat and immediately wrote me a prescription for antibiotics. I’m reluctant to take antibiotics when I haven’t had been tested properly, so I ask him if he can swab my throat to make sure it’s strep.
He says he has no more tests, and I point out that there are a full box next to his feet. He replies with, «oh, haha. okay,» and has his RECEPTIONIST swab my throat. She clearly has never done this before– she asks me to swab it myself? I tell her I’ve never had to do that before, so she jams the thing and circles it blindly in my throat and concludes that yes, I have strep.
I ended up going to city MD after it was clear neither of them knew what they were doing– the results were negative.

Very professional, awesome staff, great hours and location right next to Barclays center subway station. Felt like I was getting the VIP treatment!

Dr. Jean Baptiste is present — he listens and is thorough in his care. It has been pretty easy getting in to see him whether for an annual check up or an immediate appointment. His staff in the office are all kind, calm, and welcoming. The office is easy to get to and is clean. I highly recommend this doctor and the practice.

This office is ridiculous. The doctor showed up just over an hour after my appointment time so I waitedw while the staff was arguing and people walking out.
Then the doctor was only half prepared, an important result he had been faxed, he gave me a diagnosis before realizing there was a second page, with more very important details. Then his manner was lackluster as he could not give me details on the length of treatment, even vague. Horrible

So far by far the best PCP I’ve ever had in my adult life and the only one that has made me comfy enough to want to continuously come back for my health needs. The nurses and all involved are very professional and willingly to answer any question.

DO NOT… I REPEAT. DO NOT use this doctor. My husband went there and not only did he charge him for everything. He also put him through all kinds of unnecessary testing (which I’m sure is just to get additional money from the insurance company). Some of these tests were not eligible for insurance, so now we’re getting bills for payment.
This guy is the worse.

I can’t imagine a worse doctor. Highlights include:
1. Co-​payment for everything. If you want to pick anything up, or do ANYTHING, you’ll pay.
2. Incorrect STD diagnosis. Ran STD test without my permission (been in long-​term monogamous relationship). Diagnosed me with STD. Told me to take pills and deal with it. Did some research, found out test was unreliable. Came back to run test again. Came back negative. Took me 3 weeks to get the results — I couldn’t make it to the office and he wouldn’t give me results without co-​payment.
3. Got a Hepatitis A vaccine for college. With needle in hand, nurse yells to the other room, «I put this in his arm right?» I asked her how one gets Hepatitis A, she responds, «I don’t know, it’s been a long time since school.»
4. Incorrect prescription. Asked for a specific prescription, was prescribed Tinactin (the athletes foot medication). For my face. Which, even if it were the right thing, doesn’t require a prescription.
Don’t repeat my mistake. This guy made my life worse.
And yes, it’s absolutely insane that Kathryn left the same review as I did on the same day. I thought my girlfriend had posted a review for me it was so similar. And to make it even weirder, he gave me a similar speech about cholesterol. Told me he was considering putting me on medication. I’m 24.

For the most part, I’m a «suffer through it» kind of sick person — every year I get the flu or a bad cold after the busy season at work ends, I take my super-​charged Vitamin C pills and basically sit on the couch for a few days. It’s always worked for me and I saw no particular reason to change it.
This year, however, with the fears of the hamthrax running rampant, waking up on a Tuesday morning with a sore throat led not to thoughts of sipping soup under a blanket for a few days but to horrible, evil, mean, nasty, ugly things and the most effective way to combat them — antibiotics.
So in perusing the list of available doctors on my health plan, I found Dr. Baptiste at the Northeastern Wellness Center that not only was close to my apartment, but could take a new patient on the same day. They’re conveniently located between the ²⁄₃ and Atlantic Center subway stops and were quite accommodating in staying open late enough for me to get in after work.
Instead of the paperwork I’m usually asked to fill out at a new physician’s office, Dr. Jean-Baptiste’s office uses a computerized system which makes filling out all the repetitive information surprisingly easy. They did a good job of laughing off my claims that last time I donated blood I ended up passed out next to the cookies and successfully withdrew two vials to do their necessary tests* before determining I probably just had a run-​of-​the-​mill cold and to attack with a five-​day supply of antibiotics.
Everyone there was very nice and reassuring that I had nothing to worry about — and convenient enough that as sick as I was feeling, I could still walk home and fill my prescription. Since you know that B63 bus is never going to show up.
The only things that were disappointing — in the bathroom the soap container and paper towel dispenser were both empty, which in a doctor’s office seems slightly unnerving considering all the sick people that go through there. But I was there at the extreme end of the day, so that might have had something to do with it.
* — Well, the second person did; the first jabbed twice but couldn’t find a vein. I can’t blame her, though, I have «hidey» veins.